This is almost as bad as CRT. How do you talk to someone that will get offended by a compliment, and not an off-handed or forced, but a genuine compliment? That behavior right there is divisive. If that picks up you might as well just stop talking. Senator Grassley did just that. He complimented Korean-American woman Lucy Koh for her appointment to the federal appeals court. She is the first Korean-American judge to be appointed to the federal circuit in U.S. history. So Grassley gave her high praise and praised Koreans while he was at it. Koh didn’t seem to care, but Liberals took offense for her, calling him a racist.
“What you said about your Korean background reminded me a lot of what my daughter-in-law of 45 years has said: ‘If I’ve learned anything from Korean people, it’s a hard work ethic. And how you can make a lot out of nothing,'” the Iowa senator said. “So I congratulate you and your people.”
“Thank you,” Koh replied.
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GRASSLEY to judicial nominee Lucy Koh:
"If I learned anything from Korean people it's a hard work ethic and how you can make a lot out of nothing.
So I congratulate you and your people." pic.twitter.com/rldsq55iWm— Zach Purser Brown (@zachjourno) October 6, 2021
Libs however were triggered and pretty much all said the same as Chu here:
“Even as a compliment, assigning any trait to a whole community is the definition of prejudice. Treating all members of a group as the same invites mistreatment. It may not be the same incitement to violence seen in other slurs, but is harmful nonetheless,” California Rep Judy Chu tweeted.
So Grassley’s Office put out a statement.
“Sen. Grassley’s intent was to be complementary, not to insult anyone,” Grassley’s spokesman, Taylor Foy, said in a statement provided to the Des Moines Register. “Chairman Durbin invited Judge Koh to share the inspiring story of her family’s immigration to the United States. Sen. Grassley shared that he has similarly been inspired by the immigration story of his daughter-in-law, who is also Korean-American.”
Sounds like he was more than justified to say as much. We need to stop trying to find ways to cut each other down for no reason. Grassley here is not malicious, it’s a compliment. Libs need to get over themselves.
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